An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) is formed with an ordered array of discrete regions that include a conductive carbon-based material. The discrete regions, which may be formed at small pitch, are embedded in at least one adhesive dielectric material. The ACF may be used to mechanically and electrically interconnect conductive elements of initially-separate semiconductor dice in semiconductor device assemblies. Methods of forming the ACF include forming a precursor structure with the conductive carbon-based material and then joining the precursor structure to a separately-formed structure that includes adhesive dielectric material to be included in the ACF. Sacrificial materials of the precursor structure may be removed and additional adhesive dielectric material formed to embed the discrete regions with the conductive carbon-based material in the adhesive dielectric material of the ACF.

An interface layer includes an electrically conductive compressible mesh that has wires that are interwoven and pores between the wires. A sinter paste is immobilized in the pores. The sinter paste includes electrically conductive particles.

An anisotropic electrically conductive film includes electrically conductive particles disposed in an electrically insulating adhesive layer. The particles are arranged at a predetermined pitch along first axes, arranged side by side, and are substantially spherical. The particle pitch at the first axes and the axis pitch of the first axes are both greater than or equal to 1.5D, D being an average particle diameter of the particles. Directions of all sides of a triangle formed by a particle (P0), which is one of the electrically conductive particles at one of the first axes, an electrically conductive particle (P1), which is at the one of the first axes and adjacent to the particle (P0), and an electrically conductive particle (P2), which is at another one of the first axes that is adjacent to the one of the first axes, are oblique to a film width direction of the conductive film.

An anisotropic conductive film which can be used as a standard product as long as no problems arise in anisotropic conductive connections, even in a case where omissions are present in a prescribed disposition of conductive particles, includes a regular disposition region in which conductive particles are disposed regularly in an insulating resin binder, and has a length of 5 m or greater. A standard region including no sections with more than a prescribed number of consecutive omissions in conductive particles is present in the regular disposition region over a prescribed width in a short-side direction of the anisotropic conductive film and at least a prescribed length in a long-side direction of the anisotropic conductive film.

An optical module includes a semiconductor chip, a first gold-tin layer formed over the semiconductor chip and having gold and tin as main components, a barrier layer formed over the first gold-tin layer, having slower diffusion velocity into tin than diffusion velocity of gold into tin, and having electric conductivity, a second gold-tin layer formed over the barrier layer and having gold and tin as main components, and an optical device provided over the second gold-tin layer.

A microelectronic assembly including an insulating layer having a plurality of nanoscale conductors disposed in a nanoscale pitch array therein and a pair of microelectronic elements is provided. The nanoscale conductors can form electrical interconnections between contacts of the microelectronic elements while the insulating layer can mechanically couple the microelectronic elements together.

An anisotropic conductive film which can be used as a standard product as long as no problems arise in anisotropic conductive connections, even in a case where omissions are present in a prescribed disposition of conductive particles, includes a regular disposition region in which conductive particles are disposed regularly in an insulating resin binder, and has a length of 5 m or greater. A standard region including no sections with more than a prescribed number of consecutive omissions in conductive particles is present in the regular disposition region over a prescribed width in a short-side direction of the anisotropic conductive film and at least a prescribed length in a long-side direction of the anisotropic conductive film.

An anisotropic electrically conductive film includes electrically conductive particles disposed in an electrically insulating adhesive layer. The particles are arranged at a predetermined pitch along first axes, arranged side by side, and are substantially spherical. The particle pitch at the first axes and the axis pitch of the first axes are both greater than or equal to 1.5D, D being an average particle diameter of the particles. Directions of all sides of a triangle formed by a particle (P0), which is one of the electrically conductive particles at one of the first axes, an electrically conductive particle (P1), which is at the one of the first axes and adjacent to the particle (P0), and an electrically conductive particle (P2), which is at another one of the first axes that is adjacent to the one of the first axes, are oblique to a film width direction of the conductive film.

An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) including a base film, a support unit on the base film, the support unit defining at least one opening, at least one conductive particle in the opening, and an adhesive layer on the support unit and the conductive particle.

An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) is formed with an ordered array of discrete regions that include a conductive carbon-based material. The discrete regions, which may be formed at small pitch, are embedded in at least one adhesive dielectric material. The ACF may be used to mechanically and electrically interconnect conductive elements of initially-separate semiconductor dice in semiconductor device assemblies. Methods of forming the ACF include forming a precursor structure with the conductive carbon-based material and then joining the precursor structure to a separately-formed structure that includes adhesive dielectric material to be included in the ACF. Sacrificial materials of the precursor structure may be removed and additional adhesive dielectric material formed to embed the discrete regions with the conductive carbon-based material in the adhesive dielectric material of the ACF.